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Meaning of monophyly | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Monophylie
Français monophylie
Italiano monofiletismo
Português monofiletismo
Svenska monofyli

Examples

“All of these studies have presupposed acanthodian monophyly and stereotyped acanthodian endoskeletal morphology on Acanthodes, the latest-occurring, and a highly apomorphic genus.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

monophyodont monophyodontism Monophysite monophysitism monophysitist monopile

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